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Table 2 Fasting times stratified on different admission wards

From: Preoperative fasting in noncardiac surgery in a tertiary pediatric center applying European guidelines: the difficulty of giving drink to the thirsty

Minutes

Outpatients

Surgery

Neurosurgery

N-S wards

p

Clear

248 (140–568)

163 (105–269)a

120 (90–190)a

200 (120–342)a

< 0.0001

Maternal milk

295 (230–453)

300 (245–435)

230 (195–284)a

315 (213–483)

0.0021

Artificial milk

504 (348–738)

385 (310–504)

285 (269–380)a

360 (297–677)

0.0003

Light breakfast

427 (265–495)

460 (375–560)

370 (289–435)

400 (321–567)

0.0004

Meal

780 (706–895)

760 (580–960)

660 (500–780)a

689 (502–934)a

< 0.0001

  1. N-S non-surgical
  2. aSignificantly different vs. outpatients (p < 0.01) at post hoc test
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Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care

ISSN: 2731-3786

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